Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937)Chapter VII : Antenuptial Contracts87. Manner and time of registration of antenuptial contracts |
| (1) | An antenuptial contract executed in the Republic shall be attested by a notary and shall be registered in a deeds registry within three months after the date of its execution or within such extended period as the court may on application allow. |
| (2) | An antenuptial contract executed outside the Republic shall be attested by a notary or otherwise be entered into in accordance with the law of the place of its execution, and shall be registered in a deeds registry within six months after the date of its execution or within such extended period as the court may on application allow. |
| (3) | Registration of an antenuptial contract in any one deeds registry in the manner prescribed in this section shall be effective as registration for the whole Republic: Provided that if any transaction in connection with which evidence of such contract is necessary takes place in a deeds registry other than that in which such contract has been registered, a copy of such contract certified by the registrar of the place of registration or a notary public shall be recorded and filed in such first-mentioned deeds registry. |
| (4) | [Section 87(4) deleted by section 11 of Act No. 3 of 1972] |
[Section 87 substituted by section 30 of Act No. 87 of 1965]